"BOAT; THE BABYLONIANS CALLED THE MOON "THE BOAT OF LIGHT" WHILE THE EGYPTIANS DEPICTED THE CRESCENT MOON WITH HORNS WHICH WERE TURNED UPRIGHT AS PART OF A CARVED SKY-BOAT SUCH AS THE ONES YOU FIND PICTURED IN THE TEMPLE OF ISIS."
"BULL: THE BULL WAS ORIGINALLY A LUNAR SYMBOL OF THE GREAT MOTHER; THE HORNS REPRESENTED THE CRESCENT MOON. ALTHOUGH IN LATER TIMES, THE BULL CAME TO REPRESENT THE GODS OF THE SUN, BUT IT IS, HOWEVER, STILL OFTEN CONNECTED WITH MOON GODDESSES SUCH AS CYBELE OR ATTIS. "
"CAT: THE EGYPTIAN WORD OF CAT IS MAU, AND THE CAT WAS A MOON CREATURE SACRED TO SUCH GODDESSES AS ISIS, BAST, ARTEMIS, AND DIANA. IN THE MIDDLE AGES, THE CAT BECAME ASSOCIATED WITH WITCHCRAFT AND GODDESS WORSHIP."
"WINGS: THE MOON GODDESS WAS SHOWN WITH WINGS LONG BEFORE THE PERSIANS ADOPTED THIS SYMBOL FOR THEIR SUN GOD. SOMETIMES THE MOON ITSELF WAS PICTURED WITH WINGS, AND CERTAIN BIRDS, SUCH AS DOVES AND PIGEONS, ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOON."
"COLOR: THE PRIMARY MOON COLORS ARE WHITE, RED, OR BLACK...DEPENDING ON THE MOON'S PHASE. WE FIND THESE COLORS SPECIFICALLY USED TO DESIGNATE THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE TRIPLE GODDESS: WHITE--MAIDEN; RED-MOTHER; BLACK--CRONE."
"CRESCENT: THE NEW MOON, MARKING THE CHANGE FROM THE DARK MOON, OCCURS WITH THE FIRST SLIVER OF LIGHT WE SEE. "
"DOGS: DOGS HAVE A LONG ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOON DIETIES...ESPECIALLY THE CRESCENT NEW MOON GODDESSES. THE MIGHTIEST OF ALL WAS THE MANAGARMER, DOG/WOLF SUPERNATURAL BEINGS FOUND IN NORSE MYTHOLOGY."
"HORSESHOE: THE HORSESHOE IS A CRESENT MOON SYMBOL."
"SPIRAL: THE SPIRAL REPRESENTS AN ASPECT OF THE GREAT GODDESS AS WELL AS THE MOON. THE UPWARD AND DOWNWARD SPIRAL CAN BE COMPARED WITH THE WAXING AND WANING OF THE MOON. "
"HOUNDS: PACKS OF HOUNDS, SUCH AS THOSE WE FIND WITH THE GODDESS DIANA, REPRESENT THE DANGEROUS ENERGIES OF THE MOON."
"SEMICIRCLE: THE SEMICIRCLE REPRESENTS THE CRESCENT MOON."
"OX: THIS ANIMAL WAS CONSIDERED A MOON SYMBOL BY THE ANCIENT GREEKS AND ROMANS."
"FAN: THE FAN REPRESENTS THE PHASES OF THE MOON ACCORDING TO THE ANCIENT ASIATIC AND ORIENTAL CULTURES. "
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